The Maryland Crabs is a podcast based in Annapolis Maryland which was launched in September 2016 after, quite literally years of hemming and hawing. After a few false starts, many aborted concepts, we just took the plunge, whipped out the credit cards and lit Amazon on fire with equipment orders. And here we are!

This podcast is not about interviews. It’s about topics and conversations of interest to Marylanders!

We are not going to shy away from controversy or discomfort. Valuable conversations can emerge from them. We will not be adversarial for the sake of being adversarial, but you can expect some heated exchanges between Tim and John and Guests–or any combination of those.

About Guests–we're going to have plenty of them! Some will be local or regional in nature--others more broad.

And, we may even take this show on the road. Some night, you might find us propped on a bar stool at the Ebb Tide..or worse!

This week on The Maryland Crabs we sit down with Chase Cook, the
Annapolis reporter for The Capital. Chase has his finger on
the pulse of Annapolis government and he peels back the layers for
us this week.

We talk about the recent firing of Police Chief Michael Pristoop
(Mayor
Pantelides spoke with us about that too) and
crime in general. We jumped into the mess that is the Housing
Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA). And finally we dug into
the recently passed ordinance from Alderman Jared Littmann seeking
additional protections to local immigrants. Does this make
Annapolis a "sanctuary city?" We talk about it!

To dig even deeper, you can check out some of Chase's recent
work for The Capital on these topics:

Thank you to everyone who wrote with suggestions for upcoming
episodes. We are on it.

Coming up -- another conversation with Gavin Buckley and his vision
for Annapolis now that his campaign for Mayor is active, CANDIDATE
Mike Pantelides, Travis Pastrana, Kevin Plank, PG County
Executive Rushern Baker and....

If you are just joining us.... make sure you check out some (or
all) of our previous
episodes? You really should. They could
change your life. Granted, your life would have to be pretty bad.
But still, we have some gems you will want to check out! Most
recently....

Working the Chesapeake Bay. We sat with Mary Ewenson
who is the publisher of Prop Talk and Spin Sheet and sits on the
Board of the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation to talk about working
on the Bay. What jobs are there now and in the future. Also the
Marine and Maritime Trades Career Fair that is happening on
February 25th.

Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides talks about
firing long-time chief of police Mike Pristoop, some of his
accomplishments in his first three years and what he might hope to
accomplish in a second terms if the voters will have him
again!

Chesapeake Bay Trust. We crabbed with the Trust to see
what they are up to and to talk about how you can help them without
even realizing you are helping them!

The Annapolis Film Festival was our
guest last week. Give it a listen and see how this huge event
morphed from an idea into a multi-day event drawing thousands to
our little sleepy town by the Bay.

Oh hell...just go back and listen to the ones you haven't heard!
And PLEASE be sure to tell your friends about us!

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